585 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 23 of 30
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · March 24, 2016
Holland v. Airco, Inc. (2016)
…and Goulds Pumps, ending the plaintiff's claims over Owen Holland's mesothelioma death. Under Alabama law a plaintiff must first prove exposure to an asbestos-containing product for which the defendant is responsible. Evidence that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 30, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
…a workers' compensation insurer that inspects its insured's workplace owes no duty to the insured's employees for workplace safety where the policy language permits but does not require inspections and disclaims any undertaking for…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · January 8, 2015
Quirin v. Lorillard Tobacco Company (2015)
…ended before the marriage, but denied it to Georgia-Pacific. A defendant owes no duty to a spouse for loss of consortium if the couple was not married when the asbestos exposure occurred, and insurance-policy…
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Court case · Wisconsin Court of Appeals · March 17, 2015
Calewarts v. CR Meyer & Sons Company (2015)
…worked from 1950 until 1991 for Milprint at its De Pere, Wisconsin plant, where steam pipes and press ovens were covered with white insulation. She alleged CR Meyer & Sons installed, repaired and removed the asbestos insulation…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 3, 2014
Haver v. BNSF Railway Co. (2014)
…Ford Motor Co., a premises owner owes no duty of care to family members of workers who are secondarily exposed to asbestos off the premises, whether the worker was employed by the owner or by a…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 29, 2015
Moore v. AERCO Int'l (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2015)
…granted the motion and put the cases into three groups for joint trial. Group 1 is Harry Moore, Earl Skinnider and Owen Traynor. Group 2 is Onorato Balacich and Salvator Murabito. Group 3 is George Birrell…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 4, 2011
Belvedere v. GS Blodgett Corporation (2011)
…November 2007, and Noella and the couple's three children then filed wrongful death and survival claims. The plaintiffs said he worked around Blodgett pizza ovens from 1959 on. They did not name G.S. Blodgett…
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Court case · Utah Court of Appeals · April 5, 2012
One Beacon American v. Huntsman Polymers (2012)
…based on the expected place of payment and the location of the insured risk. It also found Texas law applies the exposure trigger to progressive-disease bodily injury, so One Beacon owes 100% of the costs.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Refining classification of malignant pleural mesothelioma reveals its Achilles' heel
…gene-activity results were checked against protein levels in a replication series. The author concluded that the present classification cannot predict the most effective treatments and that the study opens a window for new targeted treatments.
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey · September 9, 2016 · in the opinion
In re GI Holdings, Inc. (2016)
It is the independent duty which the wrongdoer owes to prevent the other from becoming vicariously liable, and cast in damages, to the injured party that is the predicate for the indemnity action\[,\] and it is…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · April 4, 2016
Flintkote Company v. Aviva Plc (2016)
The court granted Aviva's motion for partial summary judgment (California law applies and Aviva owes only the trust payment percentage), denied Flintkote's motion for a declaration that Aviva must pay full liquidated value, and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Ban asbestos phenomenon: the winds of change
The shift in the public perception of asbestos from "magic mineral" to "deadly dust" owes much to the mobilization by asbestos victims, ban-asbestos activists, health and safety campaigners, and individuals concerned about the global asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · April 8, 2016
Flintkote Co. v. Aviva Plc (2016)
The court granted Aviva's motion for partial summary judgment, holding Aviva owes Flintkote only the trust payment percentage rather than the full liquidated value of claims, denied Flintkote's motion for a declaration, and granted…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Differences and similarities between carbon nanotubes and asbestos fibers during mesothelial carcinogenesis: shedding light on fiber entry mechanism
The emergence of nanotechnology represents an important milestone, as it opens the way to a broad spectrum of applications for nanomaterials in the fields of engineering, industry and medicine. One example of nanomaterials that have the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · May 21, 2019 · in the opinion
Zurich American v. Insurance Co. of North America (2019)
…pollution exclusion applies in this case, then INA owes no coverage for the Cotter suit and ZAIC could not seek contribution or subrogation against INA as a matter of law. ZAIC responds that INA failed to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · July 14, 2014
Smith v. Crane Co. (2014)
…appellate decisions (Monroe and Gillenwater), a defendant owes no duty to a spouse for loss of consortium if the couple was not married when the exposure or injury occurred, and the discovery rule does not change…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · April 7, 2011
Wagers v. Sgl Carbon, LLC (2011)
…a premises owner owes an independent contractor's employees a general duty to warn of hidden dangers, but no breach occurs where the contractor already knew the danger. The owner also owes a nondelegable duty for…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · August 30, 2017
Kivell v. Murphy Oil USA (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…strict liability claims brought by Sandra Kivell, so the plaintiff lost. Under Louisiana law, a premises owner owes no duty for hazards inherent in an independent contractor's work, and strict liability requires custody, meaning direction…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin · February 15, 2013
Anderson v. Proctor & Gamble Paper Products Co. (2013)
…and are not barred by the statute of repose. Under Wisconsin's safe place statute, a premises owner owes a heightened statutory duty to employees of independent contractors, separate from the common-law rule in Tatera…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 25, 2019 · in the opinion
Lopez v. McDERMOTT, Inc. (2019)
…an obligation is owed to multiple persons, the obligation is severable, such that a tortfeasor owes a separate performance to each member of a class of beneficiaries entitled to bring a wrongful death claim. La. Civ…